Wright’s Barnyard: An Illiana Icon
From its humble beginnings as an actual barnyard with a miniature golf course in it, to a chain of 3 large-scale entertainment complexes with arcades, go-karts, batting cages and talking robots, Wright’s Barnyard left a lasting legacy in the Northeast Illinois/Northwest Indiana area. Let’s take a quick stroll through time and examine this Midwest entertainment…
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Bally’s Tom Foolery: The First Arcade Bar
Many might believe NYC’s Barcade to be the first true arcade bar. And sure, Barcade lit the fuse for the retro arcade renaissance in the early 2000s, but the real story of adult-oriented arcades starts two decades earlier, right in the middle of the original joystick-fueled gold rush. Back in 1982, Bally’s Tom Foolery was breaking new…
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Welcome to Atlas Arcadia!
You find yourself in a dark wood-paneled room, the glow of neon pulsating from rows of CRT screens all around you...
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